Ajmer Singh Aulakh (19 August 1942 – 15 June 2017) was a renowned Punjabi playwright from Mansa district, Punjab.[1] He was born in 1942 at Kishangarh orf Pharwahi, Mansa district, Punjab, India.

Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
Born	(1942-08-19)19 August 1942 Village Kumbherwal, Dist. Sangrur, Indian Punjab
Died	15 June 2017(2017-06-15) (aged 74) Mansa, Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Genre	drama
Spouse	Manjit Aulakh

Books and plays

Aulakh published his first collection of one-act plays, Arbad narbad dhundukara i.e. 'Eons and Nebulae' in 1978.

collections of one-act plays

• Arbad narbad dhundukara (Eons and Nebulae)
• Begane bohar di chhan (Shade of the Alien Banyan)
• Anhe nishanchi (Blind Shooters)
• Gani [2]

plays

• Ik Ramayan hor (One More Ramayana)*Niuṃ-jaṛa
• Satt begaane
• Kehar Singh di maut (Kehar Singh's Death)
• Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī [3]
• Bhajian bahin (Broken Arms)
• Ikka sī dariā
• Jhanāṃ de pāṇī
• Aise jana wirale sam̆sāre

Awards

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his book Ishaka bājha namāza dā hajja nāhī (Plays).[4]

• Main article: List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi

References